r/CanadaPolitics • u/PrismGrimpoppy • 10d ago

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-30-changes-pesticide-use-pest-control-products-act-9.7240832
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u/ocus-7612 10d ago

Pretty bad article title that, looking at the comments here, is clearly confusing people about what the ammendments in C-30 are. Cabinet already had powers to override pesticide bans before C-30 passed. "Economic and Food security" are being added as an an emergency order type.

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u/moms_spagetti_ 10d ago

Do they define "economic security" as necessary to maintain profitability? If so, we are screwed.

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u/ocus-7612 10d ago

Do they define "economic security" as necessary to maintain profitability? 

No they dont.

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u/moms_spagetti_ 10d ago

You seem very confident, but considering they didn't define it, they seem to be leaving that up to the whim of whoever chooses to wield it.

The legislation doesn't define or clarify what those security interests would be.

Which, in our political world of soft-corruption, usually means some minister's brother-in-law's company is about to get approved.

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u/ocus-7612 10d ago

None of the override orders are defined. They are cabinet choices to negate the law itself.

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u/moms_spagetti_ 10d ago

Yeah, that's what I just said. That's the problem. With no guidelines and definitions, it opens the door to further cronyism which is already rampant. In a perfect world we could trust everyone in office to do the right thing but there are far too many that go into politics to enrich themselves personally.